Crashes and freezing, no BSOD, possible hardware issue?

It either just locks up and I have to press the reset button or it just restarts itself. Never shows a blue screen.

I'd recommend updating to the RTM because this 7100 is going to expire fairly soon anyhow. Not really much sense debugging for a system that will only be going for a little bit.

Geo64 said:

I'd recommend updating to the RTM because this 7100 is going to expire fairly soon anyhow. Not really much sense debugging for a system that will only be going for a little bit.

It expires in June. That's plenty of time to try to figure this out.

It's only a recommendation. Also, this way you can be certain that the original media installer is not corrupted and 7600 should be more stable just because it's updated and newer. 7100 was great though, I'd have to say as well.

It's just a good troubleshooting method to run latest in any case. Not trying to stop anyone from helping you here though. As I said, only a highly recommended suggestion.

I have a hunch that if you install the RTM with or without a format, problems gone. Format is suggested, however.

Geo64 said:

It's only a recommendation. Also, this way you can be certain that the original media installer is not corrupted and 7600 should be more stable just because it's updated and newer. 7100 was great though, I'd have to say as well.

It's just a good troubleshooting method to run latest in any case. Not trying to stop anyone from helping you here though. As I said, only a highly recommended suggestion.

I have a hunch that if you install the RTM with or without a format, problems gone. Format is suggested, however.

I wish I had hope for better success by running the RTM version but as I was running 7100 from when it first became available and it only started having this problem recently I still feel there is a hardware issue, specifically with the USB as was seen in the MSInfo file in regards to the keyboard, mouse and Garmin. I uninstalled the ATK driver and downloaded the latest version. I also downloaded the latest mouse and keyboard drivers. I still have to download the Garmin driver update which was just released by Garmin 2 weeks ago and includes the proper W7x64 compatibilty

My system admin lent me an RTM copy for some testing so I will be installing that on another drive tonight to see how it goes. Keeping the fingers crossed.

Alright I've installed the RTM version of W7x64 and I am still having issues. The computer has run twice overnight w/o incident but when I am using the computer, web browsing or watching a video on Hulu the system restarts itself the same as it had been. The difference now is that it hasn't done it when just idling.

Still no dump files or any indication on whats happening. I have disconnected the Garmin and it is still happening. I can't find any information in the system logs.

The next step will be switching over to a PS2 keyboard and seeing if the problems still occur. Next step after that is moving the Logitech G5 mouse to PS2 with the adapter. If that's still going on I plan to start small on repairing it. The PSU will be first and if that doesn't fix it then I will end up replacing my motherboard and processor.

Anyone have any thoughts?

I've been reading this with interest. I've just started having these symptoms since I installed the game Divinity Two: Ego Draconis. Every now and then, the system reboots without warning. No BSOD and no dump files (I've checked all the settings everyone's mentioned and memory dumps are enabled, etc).

I've updated the video and sound drivers and uninstalled and reinstalled the game. No change.

I'm starting to suspect that the problem is the SAPPHIRE HD 4850 DP 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E graphics card, an overclocked one that I added a while ago but which has simply never been pushed as hard as this game pushes it before, and that this is overtaxing the 300W standard PSU that came with the machine. Could any of you more experienced types tell me if that would cause the symptoms I'm having?

Many thanks (in anticipation). Jim